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Summary: WHERE ARE THE EXTRAS??!!!
Review: Am I the only one who remembers and owns the FLINTSTONES Laserdisc box set from 1995, produced by Ren and Stimpy creator John Krisfalusi including the first 13 episodes with the option of NO LAUGH TRACK??!! For what reason would they not include this on THIS box? ALSO missing from this DVD box set are all the toys they listed, PLUS the Cigarette commercials of Fred and Wilma smoking, THEY'RE EXTREMELY FUNNY! Politically correct stinks to high heaven.
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Summary: YABBA-DABBA-DOO!!!
Review: I was just thinking a week or so ago, "When are they ever going to release The Flintstones on DVD?" I admit I was completely clueless that the release of the first season was eminent! When I first saw it was going to be released in a flyer in our Sunday paper, I fought to yell, "Yabba-Dabba-Doo" at the top of my lungs. I of course purchased it that Tuesday at a local store (sorry Amazon). What struck me was the wealth of comic material from the first season alone. All of the classic episodes I had grown up with, "The Flintstone Flyer", Fred's hilarious take on American Idol "Hi-Fye" (and this a year before Paula Abdul was even born!), the "Upside-Down Flint-Rubble Bubble Cake", "Food Anonymous (oink-oink-oink)", the first appearance of Dino in "The Snorkasaurus Hunt," "88 Fingers Louie", Wilma and Betty going undercover as a pair of floozies to trap bank robbers, Fred hypnotizing Barney into believing he is a dog, "The Prowler" Need I say more? I remember watching them in re-runs, but never with the original opening credits and theme song. This brought back a lot of fond memories and I still laughed out loud. Where would the Simpsons be without the Flintstones paving the way? This is a great set and worth every penny. I thought the extra features were a bit skimpy. I guess I'm used to longer featurettes than 5 minutes, but the episodes themselves are priceless. I can't wait for the next set to come out!!!
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Summary: Jackie Gleason in animated form-- Fred Flintstone
Review: THE DVD SET HAS 28 EPISODES --- BUT NOT ANY OF THE THEME SONG
FROM THE ORIGINAL SERIES(COPYRIGHT PROBLEMS, I THINK)--- AND
THE SPECIAL FEATURES SIDE OF DISC 4 IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH
ALL DVD PLAYERS. PICTURE QUALITY OF EPISODES IS GOOD.
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Summary: This should be an Amazon Essential DVD!
Review: I've been waiting for this release since quite some years now, especially since I missed that frenzy about the "Laserdiscs" (and I understand there was a Flinstones compilation on laser). Before this DVD there were only a few VHS available on the market, which weren't really satisfying at all..
The reason I say this is because The Flintstones is something everybody should own.. They don't make cartoons like these anymore. The Simpsons have yet a long way to go before they even get to this quality of storytelling.
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Summary: YABBA DABBA DOOOOO!!!!!
Review: I'm setting here watching this disc set....again. It's beautiful color and sound make it well worth having. This show is my favorite animated series. I grew up with this prime time show that aired from September 30th,1960 on ABC at 8:30 Friday night to September 2nd, 1966. The teem of Hanna-Barbera sure did well with this and numerous other shows. Anyone who grew up in the sixties as I did sure had some great shows to watch, and now they're classics. This DVD set is in a beautiful and colorful package. It's well designed. Another GREAT feature is that they use the original opening and closing for the show. They used this opening for the first two season before going to the all too familiar open and song. This set is a MUST FOR ever house hold. Please buy this DVD set...you won't be unhappy.
This is a family like "I Love Lucy", "The Honeymooners" and others that you came to love as friends and loved to watch every week. Here are the first seasons titles and air dates along with dates yhat they were filmed.
DVD SET - SEASON ONE-
disc one-
#1."The flintstone flyer"..........recorded 4/2/1960
aired 9/30/1960
#2."Hot lips hannigan".............recorded 5/2/1960
aired 10/7/1960
#3."The swimming pool".............recorded 4/1/1960
aired 10/14/1960
#4."No help wanted"................recorded 4/11/1960
aired 10/21/1960
#5."The split personality".........recorded 5/9/1960
aired 10/28/1960
#6."Monster from the tar pits".....recorded 6/22/1960
aired 11/4/1960
#7."The baby sitters"................recorded 4/6/1960
aired 11/11/1960
disc two-
#8."At the races"..................recorded 4/18/1960
aired 11/18/1960
#9."The engagement ring"...........recorded 4/8/1960
aired 11/25/1960
#10."Hollyrock here i come"..........recorded 5/20/1960
aired 12/2/1960
#11."The golf champion"............recorded 6/29/1960
aired 12/9/1960
#12."The sweepstake ticket"........recorded 7/11/1960
aired 12/16/1960
#13."The drive in".................recorded 4/25/1960
aired 12/23/1960
#14."The prowler"....................recorded 4/5/1960
aired 12/30/1960
disc three-
#15."The girl's night out".........recorded 5/31/1960
aired 1/6/1961
#16."Arthur quarry's dance class"..recorded 8/22/1950
aired 1/13/1961
#17."The big bank robbery".........recorded 8/15/1960
aired 1/20/1961
#18."The snorkasaurus hunter"......recorded N/A
aired 1/27/1961
#19."The hot piano"................recorded 7/27/1960
aired 2/3/1961
#20."The hypnotist"................recorded 7/25/1960
aired 2/10/1961
#21."Love letters on the rocks"....recorded 9/2/1960
aired 2/17/1961
disc four- side one
#22."The tycoon"...................recorded 9/13/1960
aired 2/24/1961
#23."The astra'nuts"...............recorded 9/27/1960
aired 3/3/1961
#24."The long long weekend"........recorded 10/24/1960
aired 3/10/1961
#25."In the dough".................recorded 11/12/1960
and 11/17/1960
aired 3/17/1961
#26."The good scout"...............recorded 11/12/1960
aired 3/24/1961
#27."Rooms for rent"...............recorded 1/11/1961
aired 3/31/1961
#28."Fred flintstone
before and after".......recorded 1/23/1961
aired 4/7/1961
disc four- side two
ALL ABOUT THE FLINTSTONES
WACKY INVENTIONS
"THE FLAGSTONE"
EARLY TV COMMERCIALS
NETWORK PROMO SPOTS
TRAILERS
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Summary: Where's the laugh track??!!
Review: While it is terrific to have the first season of this landmark series on DVD, connoisseurs and diehard fans may be disappointed. I know I was. The picture and color quality are superb, but the all-important laugh track has been removed from a number of episodes. Why "all-important"? The addition of the laugh track gave "The Flintstones" legitimacy as a primetime series, boldly conforming it to live-action situation comedies. You wouldn't remove the laugh track from, say, "The Beverly Hillbillies," now would you?Let's hope that seasons 2-6 appear on DVD, too. But please, Warner Video, present "The Flintstones" with the laugh track, as William Hanna and Joseph Barbera intended the series to be seen.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: I found that the dvd is hilarious! It's everything stone age lovers have been waiting for. If they come out with season 2, this fan has his reserved already. This beats scooby doo for sure. it has just about everything a carton needs. And it has just enough episodes to last you a lifetime! The kids will be wanting a encore when its done. 2 thumbs up!
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Summary: I'VE GOT MY COPY!
Review: I feel sorry for 2 types of people. The ones who don't know what a treasure it is to have The Flintstones on dvd (OH GOD ! I HOPE THEY RELEASE THE ENTIRE SERIES.ONE SEASON EVERY 3 MONTHS WOULD BE FINE WITH ME) and the ones who love this show yet do not know this wonderful dvd set exists.I have no problem with Pebbles,Bamm Bamm,Hoppy,The Gruesomes,Gazoo,or any one else. Bring it on.I want the whole series.The first 3 seasons were definately the best. But there are enough jewels in seasons 4-6 that make the whole series a must have for any Flintstones fan.I even want THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE on dvd,complete picture not cropped phoney widescreen or shaved sides.It isn't nearly as good as the early seasons but entertaining none the less.Don't forget season one hasTHE TYCOON,probably the worst episode in the entire series.I could ramble on forever. So to end this review GET YOUR COPY AND RE-MEET THE FLINTSTONES YOU'LL HAVE A GAY(festive... OLD TIME.HEY AMAZON! ...
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Summary: Great Show, but . . .
Review: I love the Flintstones and was excited to see it come out on DVD. But I was disappointed that there are no chapters within each program, making it hard to find a scene you want. Also, on the extra disc, the Fruity Pebbles commercials don't have any sound. Does anyone else have this problem or is my set defective? All in all, great packaging and the picture quality is better than I have ever seen on TV. Yabadabadoo!!
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Summary: The Flintstones-The Complete First Season
Review: First of all, it is important for me to say how much I support Warner Brothers Home Video for FINALLY getting some classic Hanna-Barbera titles out there on DVD. I am already looking forward to Season 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. Please keep them coming. This is a long-awaited set of what HAS to be, (arguably) the best season of The Flintstones' six season run, (do in most part to the brilliant writing of Warner Brothers story veterans Warren Foster and Michael Maltese, the superb timing of the animation and excellent casting, (Alan Reed, Mel Blanc, Jean Vander Pyl and Bea Benaderet). In fact, one of the reasons I became an animator is because I was exposed to these shows as a child when they ran in prime time. And still, over 40 years later, they remain fresh, VERY funny and remarkably well produced for television. I am now working in television animation, after decades at Disney Features, and watching these shows just makes my jaw drop (right to the ground), because I know how hard it is to make a good show on a limited budget and time schedule. It just goes to show you what can happen when a group of people who know and understand FULL animation (Tom & Jerry, etc.), get together to do LIMITED animation. There may not be as many drawings, but what's there is choice! The Extras on this box set are marginal and seem slapped together haphazardly. There are also fewer of them then there were on the famous Laser Disc set from a few years back. Some are the same as on the Laserdiscs, but there are a few new ones. In the end, there is nothing really very noteworthy in the "Extras" section EXCEPT a very fun little bit under "Wacky Inventions." This short, "Mockumentary" is outstanding in that it uses clips from the shows to describe the stone-age gimmicks and gadgets created for the episodes. It is done in a style very similar to the series and features nice voiceover commentary by someone that sounds VERY much like a young John Stephenson, (who provided many voices for the original series including a voice for the many faces of Mr. Slate, Fred's boss at the quarry). Overall, this series is wonderful to finally have on DVD, the only reasons I hesitate to give this set a full 5 stars is because we get little more than what is currently broadcast on television. A number of the shows have been completely stripped of their laugh tracks, the end credits are generic and inaccurate, the shows do not seem to be listed or shown in the order that they were produced or were originally broadcast, and there are some inaccuracies in the "facts" presented about the show, (Dino, does in fact appear well before "The Snorkasaurus Hunt" but he only talks (like Phil Silvers), in that one episode. One can only hope that future sets earmarked for release (notably The Jetsons and Jonny Quest), will find the episodes restored to their original length with their original soundtracks and credits intact because they are currently shown, (particularly The Jetsons) hacked to ribbons when they are broadcast on television. If Warner Brothers Home Video, who now owns the original Hanna-Barbera library, is going to go to the trouble of releasing a special box set of these famous series (and what about Top Cat?), please put back the missing footage taken out to make room for more commercials on television. Otherwise, folks, what's the point? At any rate, hats off to Bill, Joe and their fantastic crew of animators, designers, painters, musicians and actors for their brilliant work on "The Flintstones" a series that truly stands the test of time.
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